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the legislation is one of the first actions by congress against the nsa since former contractor edward snowden leaked details of the agency's domestic spying programs last month. michigan republican congressman justin amosh introduced the amendment and believes it has a good chance of getting bipartisan support, but members of congress are split on whether the program is necessary to keep americans safe. >> you know, what we're doing in the metadata program is finding the needle in the haystack, and you need to find the haystack in order to find the needle. >> reporter: would with hold funds from any military operations in syria. this comes as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff laid out his assessment of what a u.s. military intervention in syria would look like. general martin dempsey listed the options in a letter to the senate armed services committee. among them establishing a no-fly zone, which would require hundreds of aircraft at a cost of up to billion dollars a month with no guarantee that it would turn the tide in the failing of rebels fighting the regime of bashar al
the legislation is one of the first actions by congress against the nsa since former contractor edward snowden leaked details of the agency's domestic spying programs last month. michigan republican congressman justin amosh introduced the amendment and believes it has a good chance of getting bipartisan support, but members of congress are split on whether the program is necessary to keep americans safe. >> you know, what we're doing in the metadata program is finding the needle in the...
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two years ago, he resigned from congress after admitting that he texted sexually explicit pictures of himself to women he didn't know. yesterday, weiner revealed that he kept doing it after he resigned from congress, and today, he said there were more women than he had admitted to. >> it's not dozens and dozens. it is six to ten, i suppose, but i can't tell you absolutely what someone else is going to consider inappropriate or not. >> pelley: weiner's support in the polls was about 25%. now, it's all the way down to 16%. saturday marks 60 years since the guns went silent in the korean war. there was no winner, though north korea calls july 27 "victory day" and it's a national holiday. the north rarely allows foreign journalists inside the country, but seth doane was allowed to travel to pyongyang and report on what he sees-- or at least what the north koreans let him see. >> reporter: it wasn't long after we landed that the government assigned us a minder who would accompany us everywhere we went. we have to stay with you at all times, we can't leave the hotel, we can't photograph any
two years ago, he resigned from congress after admitting that he texted sexually explicit pictures of himself to women he didn't know. yesterday, weiner revealed that he kept doing it after he resigned from congress, and today, he said there were more women than he had admitted to. >> it's not dozens and dozens. it is six to ten, i suppose, but i can't tell you absolutely what someone else is going to consider inappropriate or not. >> pelley: weiner's support in the polls was about...
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the poll after he admitted to exchanging explicit messages with women after he resigned from congress. about half of those questioned say weiner should drop out of the race. >>> and police in washington, d.c. have a suspect in custody following a wave of vandalism at popular landmarks. jiamei tian was arrested yesterday and charged with defacing property. she was taken into custody at the national cathedral shortly after green paint was found splattered inside there. similar paint was found on the lincoln memorial and later on friday, paint was found on the smithsonian. police have know motives for the vandalism. >>> pope francis is back at the vatican this morning following his first trip abroad as pontiff. on the way home, francis was asked about gay clergy. as dean reynolds reports, his brief answer is reverberating throughout the catholic church and beyond. >> reporter: for a pope who spent a week in brazil embracing the multitudes, his words in an 80-minute press conference on board his flight home showed the lengths and limits of his expansiveness. asked specifically about the p
the poll after he admitted to exchanging explicit messages with women after he resigned from congress. about half of those questioned say weiner should drop out of the race. >>> and police in washington, d.c. have a suspect in custody following a wave of vandalism at popular landmarks. jiamei tian was arrested yesterday and charged with defacing property. she was taken into custody at the national cathedral shortly after green paint was found splattered inside there. similar paint was...
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congress is considering scaling back the surveillance of americans' phone records. >> so what's going to be next? when is enough is enough? >> reporter: judiciary committee chairman senator patrick leahy has introduced a bill allowing the government to obtain phone records only when it's relevant to a terror investigation. administration and intelligence officials won't budge from their positions that collecting millions of phone records helps investigators track down terrorists. they also insist americans' privacy is being protected. >> nobody is listening to anybody's conversations through this program and through this program, nobody could. >> reporter: the deputy director of the nsa says no one has resigned nor been fired over snowden's leaks and that it could be months before someone is held accountable. on capitol hill, susan mcginnis, kpix 5. >> senators also wanted to know about who is being held accountable for the security breach that led to data leaked by edward snowden. senator leahey grilled the deputy director of the national intelligence department. >> has anybody been
congress is considering scaling back the surveillance of americans' phone records. >> so what's going to be next? when is enough is enough? >> reporter: judiciary committee chairman senator patrick leahy has introduced a bill allowing the government to obtain phone records only when it's relevant to a terror investigation. administration and intelligence officials won't budge from their positions that collecting millions of phone records helps investigators track down terrorists....
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begins to wind down the war in afghanistan, some members of congress are advocating direct action to stop the bloodbath in syria. more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians are believed to have been killed in that civil war. in a letter to the senate arms services committee america's top military officer has outlined several possible plans for u.s. intervention. david martin reports that each of them comes with a heavy price. >> reporter: joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey listed five option it is u.s. military is prepared to carry out if the president gave the order. train, advise, and assist opposition forces in safe areas outside of syria. that would require several hundred to several thousand american troops and cost $500 million a year. it would strengthen the opposition but also might help extremist factions linked to al qaeda. conduct limited air and missile strikes against syrian forces and command centers. hundreds of aircraft and ships operating in the mediterranean would attack hundreds of targets inside syria. that would cost billions of dollars and inflict sign
begins to wind down the war in afghanistan, some members of congress are advocating direct action to stop the bloodbath in syria. more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians are believed to have been killed in that civil war. in a letter to the senate arms services committee america's top military officer has outlined several possible plans for u.s. intervention. david martin reports that each of them comes with a heavy price. >> reporter: joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey...
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still, pressure is coming from congress and a spectacle public. nsa chief general keith alexander on wednesday was again defending the government's collection of u.s. phone records, saying the program does not violate privacy. but while speaking to a cyber conference in las vegas, he was interrupted by hecklers. >> i'm saying i don't trust you. >> you lied to congress. why would we believe you're not lying to us right now? >> i haven't lied to congress. >> reporter: in an effort to blunt ongoing criticism, the obama administration has declassified three top-secret documents, explaining the nsa's collection of u.s. phone records, one of the programs first revealed by snowden. while heavily redacted the documents say the nsa progaprams collect in bulk but not the content of the calls. >> we need straight-forward answers. i'm concerned we're not getting them. >> reporter: still on capitol hill intelligence officials faced more skepticism. from senators asking if too much privacy was being sacrificed in the name of national security. deputy attorney g
still, pressure is coming from congress and a spectacle public. nsa chief general keith alexander on wednesday was again defending the government's collection of u.s. phone records, saying the program does not violate privacy. but while speaking to a cyber conference in las vegas, he was interrupted by hecklers. >> i'm saying i don't trust you. >> you lied to congress. why would we believe you're not lying to us right now? >> i haven't lied to congress. >> reporter: in...
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. >> reporter: the scandal forced had i am to resign from congress in 2012. he apologized and many supporters thought that was the end of it until this week when a gossip site posted the new exchanges. on thursday, he said leathers wasn't his only x-rated penpal. >> i don't believe he had any more than three. >> reporter: the controversy is having an effect on wieners's bid for mayor of new york city. a marrist poll taken after his latest admission shows him going from first place to third among democratic candidates. pollsters say it could cost him the primary. >> voters were willing to give him a second chance but with this latest round of revelation, clearly voters are reluctant to give him a third chance. >> reporter: the primary is 6 1/2 weeks away. vinita nair, cbs news, new york. >>> time is 6:39. a new twist in the murder case against nfl star aaron hernandez. the photos taken by his own camera just before the shooting. >> and just call him uncle harry. the party prince speaks out about his plans for his new royal nephew. >> and the market opened just
. >> reporter: the scandal forced had i am to resign from congress in 2012. he apologized and many supporters thought that was the end of it until this week when a gossip site posted the new exchanges. on thursday, he said leathers wasn't his only x-rated penpal. >> i don't believe he had any more than three. >> reporter: the controversy is having an effect on wieners's bid for mayor of new york city. a marrist poll taken after his latest admission shows him going from first...
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he didn't have the call fa i ka, when qualifications when was in congress. >> some voters are losing patience too. >> i don't quite understand how you would feel you would have the moral authority as the head administrator in this city to oversee employees when your standard of conduct is so much lower than the standard of conduct that's expected -- >> are you not voting for me? >> i'm not voting for you, sir. >> over the weekend, weiner talked with local reporters. he told one, you're stuck with me. and even joked about raising his son in the mayor's mansion. he also said the scandal was going to make him a successful mayor because it would give him a level of independent. weiner still has a month to go before the primary. >>> a new start for middle east peace negotiations. israeli and palestinian peace negotiators will reopen direct talks in washington this evening. it will be the first time both sides have sat down in nearly three years. mar margaret brennan looks at what's expect expected. >> the stakings are high for both parties. the bar for success is low. the question is whet
he didn't have the call fa i ka, when qualifications when was in congress. >> some voters are losing patience too. >> i don't quite understand how you would feel you would have the moral authority as the head administrator in this city to oversee employees when your standard of conduct is so much lower than the standard of conduct that's expected -- >> are you not voting for me? >> i'm not voting for you, sir. >> over the weekend, weiner talked with local...